Splurge and the Seeds of Time

Splurge is an ordinary boy who has extraordinary adventures. Along with his friends he is looking forward to the summer holidays but the casual dropping of a book provides him with a strange adventure, which is full of mystery and danger.
What is the secret of Spiky Hollow?
And what will he find in the dark, sinister-looking Gosling House?

The Seeds of Time have become displaced. An eleven year old boy nicknamed Splurge doesn't know it but he has been set the task of putting them back where they belong.
And so at the beginning of the summer holidays, his adventure begins when, with his friends Dash and Blip, he ventures to a local out of bounds place called Spiky Hollow.
He goes in search of an intriguing house he has seen in a book given to him by his uncle. But when he gets to Spiky Hollow, strange things begin to happen. As he travels through increasingly unstable time portals, he meets people from other ages - unscrupulous people who all have their own agenda concerning the Seeds of Time.
His only defence from the threats he faces are his own honesty and sense of right and wrong, a bottle of drinking water - and a mysterious but good natured girl called Beth.
SPIKY HOLLOW
Extract:
'"I'm not hanging around here any longer," Dash whispered.
"May as well go go I suppose," Splurge whispered in reply.
Before either of them could make a move they were both shocked into silence by a low, rumbling sound, which at first they thought was thunder. But the rumble suddenly became a low, throaty snarl and was coming from somewhere close by. The sound grew louder and was now accompanied by a strange gurgling.
"It's coming for us!" Dash shouted in alarm and began to scramble away.
Splurge could see nothing. No creature, no movement of anything, not even in the grass. That surely would have been trampled if some huge beast were actually there, even if invisible. The noise continued as though it was stalking them and ready to pounce....'

ABOUT SPLURGE

Splurge is an average eleven year old boy, with an average boy's thirst for adventure and excitement, especially if spiced with a little danger.
His peculiar name came about because he was originally named by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, after six uncles, Sydney,Percy, Leonard, Ulysses, Ronald and George. His parents not wishing to call him one name before another, decided that the fairest way would be to use their initials, an arrangement for which Splurge was grateful. His friends were likewise dubbed Dash (Derek Ashford) and Blip (Brian Lipton).
Splurge has great imagination and an insatiable curiosity, which leads him into all kinds of situations. His extraordinary adventures often involve elements mystery, magic, time shifting and the supernatural.